Lessons From a Diplomatic Life - Watching Flowers From Horseback

Informationen zum Autor By Marshall P. Adair Klappentext This first-hand account of the author's work with foreign governments and populations provides a unique outlook that has critical policy implications today. Through this retelling, Adair illuminates how the depth and accuracy needed of Foreign Service agents requires a close and intimate understanding of the cultures and governments they work with. Zusammenfassung This first-hand account of the author’s work with foreign governments and populations provides a unique outlook that has critical policy implications today. Through this retelling, Adair illuminates how the depth and accuracy needed of Foreign Service agents requires a close and intimate understanding of the cultures and governments they work with. Inhaltsverzeichnis DedicationPrefaceChapter 1: First Assignment, ParisChapter 2: Edge of Darkness, LubumbashiChapter 3: Introduction to China, TaipeiChapter 4: The Last International City, Hong KongChapter 5: The Middle Kingdom, BeijingChapter 6: Where 'the Dawn Comes Up Like Thunder', RangoonChapter 7: Flower Pepper and Buttered Tea, SichuanChapter 8: Old War, TuzlaChapter 9: New War, Special Operations Command MacDill Air Force Base, FLChapter 10: Coda

Product details

• Authors: Adair, Marshall P. Adair, Adair Marshall P.
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 21.12.2012
• EAN: 9781442220805
• ISBN: 978-1-4422-2080-5
• No. of pages: 244
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; USA, POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General, Memoirs, POLITICAL SCIENCE / American Government / National, International Relations, Later 20th century c 1950 to c 1999, United States of America, USA, Central / national / federal government policies, c 1945 to c 2000 (Post-war period), Central government policies, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Memoirs, Diplomacy;Foreign Policy